In an effort to prepare young adolescents for life-long learning, we will provide the opportunity for education in a safe, nurturing environment.

Our Goals -
Intramural Position Statement

Recognizing that this period of early adolescence is characterized by the most dramatic change in the physical, psychological, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of the individual since that first year of life, it is imperative that we treat the members of this age group with the special care that their fragile personalities require. They are not little adults; they are not little high school students; and they are not big elementary kids. They are, however, a unique combination of all three. They are constantly striving for discovery, development, and refinement of their own individual personalities.

It is because of this relentless search for their place in life that we must provide them all with the opportunities to explore and grow, while striving to be their best, without the fear and disappointment of failure.

How can this be accomplished? By creating schools that foster an environment rich in opportunity and void of rejection.

How is it possible to be void of rejection? This is possible through a broad-based activity program founded on the principle that all kids should have an equal opportunity to experience the thrill of finding belonging and significance in their life. All activities should be performance based, not outcomes based. No one suffers the agony of defeat, because without the pressure to win, the absence of winning is not losing.

Intramural coordinators of today are liberated from the strict regimentation of State High School Activity Associations. They are creative in adapting and modifying games to meet the needs of their participating students and school facilities. This new approach in structuring and modifying activities allows more students (and ultimately, all students) to be involved successfully.

In these rapidly changing times, when the disengaged families of America are asking schools to provide more and more development and guidance for their kids, it is these quality broad-based, activity programs that provide stability, guidance, and the opportunity for the creation of a healthy self-image. These programs are based on the type of self confidence that can be best established through successful interpersonal relations.

Successful programs are aimed as much at the moral, ethical, and values development of early adolescents as they are at promoting athletic skills and the learning of game strategies. Intramurals are seen as an essential part of the total development of all early adolescents. The notion that athletics are too valuable a resource to be wasted only on the talented and the early maturers is the philosophical foundation of all quality intramural programs.

Everyone participates. Everyone is encouraged to do their own personal best. Everyone is a WINNER!

Fort Scott Middle School
1105 E. 12th

Phone - (620) 223-3262
Fax - (620) 223-8946